Wednesday, December 18, 2013

American idolatry

"Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation." - Psalm 146, 3

7 comments:

RebeccaH said...

Barbara WaWa has been in the news a lot lately. One can only hope this is her bon voyage into retirement and well-deserved obscurity.

JeffS said...

At least some people have proper priorities when it comes Baba WaWa.

For myself, I am happy to report that I haven't watched the old bitty for years.

Anonymous said...

Barbara Walters and Peggy Noonan are in the same boat. It's interesting that the weirder one came clean first.

bruce said...

"We must appease the angry gods. Why do they hate us?"

It's been the most primitive type of idolatry for over a decade now.

"Let's find a new messiah who will mediate for us and soothe the gods' anger"

The true realists who see through this are sadly in a minority.

Paco said...

Bruce: It kind of reminds me of the old fable about the frogs who prayed for a king.

bruce said...

New York lawyer Preeti Bharara (Time magazine favourite) is well on the way to creating a major diplomatic incident on what appears to me to be a minor and harmless matter. Has he gone too far? Who will stop him if he has? He sees himself as some sort of Elliot Ness figure, but now he's gone global, supposedly a universal enforcer. Of what? I don't see how what he does is related to the US Constitution and Founding principles.

bruce said...

http://garyweiss.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/could-arrest-of-indian-diplomat-sink.html